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"The one problem I see is that people will NOT get involved in the daily/weekly analysis of everything. Even full time lawmakers often vote for bills hundreds of pages long without actually having read them... do you expect the population as a whole…"

"Check Wikipedia for "iron law of oligarchy". To all who will listen, I say "We vote for our oligarchs."
I like your idea that any citizen can at any time propose a remedy for a problem. The polls that follow will serve a purpose…"

"Very well written and matched my thoughts of democracy as well. Its obvious that corporations are what really control things and they are not concerned about anything but profit. I believe the way to battle this condition of apathy…"

I have been wondering for a few years now what democracy means. It seems to me that it has never really existed, in representative democracy we vote for our leaders but in-between the elections officials and intelligence agency personnel (the real policymakers) seem to do whatever they wish, including privatization of public services and therefore introducing economic competition and commission type incentives to areas that should be for the welfare of people rather than reducing people to…See More

"I've been closely following the development of graphene and carbon nanotubes with regards to their developments at UCLA and Duke university as well as other similar developments to this, it's an exciting time for this kind of material and…"

"That was a good read, interesting to see Karim's thought process for not being demoralized by his treatment was to seek comfort and inspiration from someone else who had been unjustly punished also. Thanks for doing that translation, I'm…"

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I have been wondering for a few years now what democracy means. It seems to me that it has never really existed, in representative democracy we vote for our leaders but in-between the elections officials and intelligence agency personnel (the real policymakers) seem to do whatever they wish, including privatization of public services and therefore introducing economic competition and commission type incentives to areas that should be for the welfare of people rather than reducing people to…